The first table below looks at the demand for WinForms skills in IT contracts advertised for the England region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited WinForms over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Application Development category for the England region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Windows Forms (WinForms)
Rank 317 233 183
Rank change year-on-year
-84 -50
Contract jobs citing WinForms 200 412 549
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 0.473% 0.770% 0.991%
As % of the Application Development category 1.736% 2.928% 3.530%
Number of daily rates quoted 148 281 356
Average daily rate £500 £500 £533
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
- -6.10%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £265 £276 £300
10% offered a daily rate of more than £625 £625 £625
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £300
% change year-on-year
- +8.33%
Number of hourly rates quoted 7 3 30
Average hourly rate £45.00 £40.00 £40.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+12.50% -
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £29.60 £24.40 £31.75
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £50.10 £40.00 £42.75
UK excluding London average hourly rate £40.00 £40.00 £39.00
% change year-on-year
- +2.56%
All Application Development
England
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Application Development category
11520 14071 15553
As % of all contract IT jobs located in England 27.23% 26.30% 28.08%
Number of daily rates quoted 7359 8460 9198
Average daily rate £375 £350 £400
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+7.14% -12.50%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £250 £250 £250
10% offered a daily rate of more than £550 £550 £600
UK excluding London average daily rate £325 £325 £325
Number of hourly rates quoted 358 364 548
Average hourly rate £35.00 £33.00 £35.70
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+6.06% -7.56%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £17.33 £15.00 £19.00
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £45.00 £42.50 £45.00
UK excluding London average hourly rate £35.00 £32.00 £36.50
% change year-on-year
+9.37% -12.32%
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the England region as a proportion of the total demand within the Application Development category.

England WinForms Jobs Demand Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing WinForms across the England region.

England WinForms Daily Rate Trend

WinForms
Daily Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of daily rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinForms across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England WinForms Daily Rate Histogram

WinForms
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing WinForms across the England region.

England WinForms Hourly Rate Trend

WinForms
Hourly Rate Histogram

This chart provides a histogram of hourly rates quoted in contract IT jobs citing WinForms across the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013.

England WinForms Hourly Rate Histogram

WinForms
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing WinForms within the England region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
London -67 133 £550 -
South East -22 18 £366 +4.64%
East Midlands -2 12 £285 -0.86%
Yorkshire +6 11 £280 -5.08%
South West +21 9 £264 -49.76%
West Midlands +17 7 £275 -4.34%
East of England -20 6 £200 -5.88%
North West +3 4 £310 +12.72%
WinForms
UK

WinForms
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WinForms also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WinForms.

1 443 (89.49%) C#
2 398 (80.40%) .NET
3 282 (56.97%) SQL Server
4 237 (47.88%) SQL
5 192 (38.79%) Windows
6 168 (33.94%) WPF
7 147 (29.70%) Finance
7 147 (29.70%) ASP.NET
8 139 (28.08%) Multithreading
9 124 (25.05%) WCF
10 118 (23.84%) OO
11 102 (20.61%) VB.NET
11 102 (20.61%) Microsoft
12 89 (17.98%) Banking
13 84 (16.97%) Web Services
14 79 (15.96%) .NET Framework
15 76 (15.35%) Oracle
15 76 (15.35%) Front Office
16 74 (14.95%) JavaScript
17 70 (14.14%) SQL Server 2008
18 61 (12.32%) TDD
18 61 (12.32%) HTML
19 59 (11.92%) Visual Studio
19 59 (11.92%) Derivative
20 57 (11.52%) T-SQL
20 57 (11.52%) Fixed Income
21 55 (11.11%) XML
21 55 (11.11%) DevExpress
22 54 (10.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
22 54 (10.91%) jQuery

WinForms
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the England region citing WinForms also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited WinForms. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 398 (80.40%) .NET
2 168 (33.94%) WPF
3 147 (29.70%) ASP.NET
4 124 (25.05%) WCF
5 84 (16.97%) Web Services
6 79 (15.96%) .NET Framework
7 61 (12.32%) HTML
8 55 (11.11%) XML
9 54 (10.91%) jQuery
10 50 (10.10%) Ajax
11 37 (7.475%) CSS
12 29 (5.859%) ADO.NET
13 27 (5.455%) Silverlight
14 24 (4.848%) DHTML
15 22 (4.444%) ASP.NET MVC
16 19 (3.838%) XSLT
17 18 (3.636%) LINQ
18 15 (3.030%) ADO.NET Entity Framework
18 15 (3.030%) Hibernate
19 14 (2.828%) NHibernate
Application Platforms
1 18 (3.636%) IIS
2 16 (3.232%) SharePoint
3 13 (2.626%) Oracle Workflow
4 11 (2.222%) SharePoint Server
5 9 (1.818%) Rendezvous
6 8 (1.616%) BizTalk Server
7 6 (1.212%) CMS
7 6 (1.212%) Documentum
7 6 (1.212%) Kentico
7 6 (1.212%) Umbraco
8 3 (0.606%) Drupal
8 3 (0.606%) SharePoint 2010
9 2 (0.404%) MTS
9 2 (0.404%) DotNetNuke
9 2 (0.404%) TIBCO EMS
9 2 (0.404%) Windows Azure
10 1 (0.202%) ESB
10 1 (0.202%) MS Project Server
10 1 (0.202%) Oracle Coherence
10 1 (0.202%) MSMQ
Applications
1 40 (8.081%) MS Excel
2 26 (5.253%) MS Office
3 1 (0.202%) InfoPath
Business Applications
1 3 (0.606%) Dynamics CRM
2 2 (0.404%) LatentZero
2 2 (0.404%) Capstone
2 2 (0.404%) Agresso
3 1 (0.202%) Eagle PACE
Communications & Networking
1 20 (4.040%) FTP
2 13 (2.626%) Internet
3 9 (1.818%) Intranet
4 8 (1.616%) HTTP
4 8 (1.616%) TCP/IP
5 6 (1.212%) Ethernet
6 3 (0.606%) RFID
7 2 (0.404%) SSL
7 2 (0.404%) AMQP
8 1 (0.202%) Network Security
8 1 (0.202%) Extranet
8 1 (0.202%) SAN
8 1 (0.202%) HTTPS
Database & Business Intelligence
1 282 (56.97%) SQL Server
2 70 (14.14%) SQL Server 2008
3 54 (10.91%) SQL Server Integration Services
4 52 (10.51%) SQL Server 2005
5 38 (7.677%) SQL Server Reporting Services
6 23 (4.646%) DTS
7 8 (1.616%) SQL Server Analysis Services
8 6 (1.212%) SQL Server 2000
8 6 (1.212%) Oracle 11g
9 4 (0.808%) Microsoft Analysis Services
9 4 (0.808%) Oracle 8/8i
10 3 (0.606%) Hadoop
10 3 (0.606%) QlikView
10 3 (0.606%) NoSQL
10 3 (0.606%) SQL Server 2012
10 3 (0.606%) Crystal Reports
10 3 (0.606%) MySQL
11 2 (0.404%) Oracle Reports
11 2 (0.404%) OLAP
11 2 (0.404%) Data Mining
Development Applications
1 59 (11.92%) Visual Studio
2 30 (6.061%) NUnit
3 28 (5.657%) Subversion
4 24 (4.848%) Team Foundation Server
5 19 (3.838%) Oracle Forms
6 11 (2.222%) VSS/SourceSafe
7 9 (1.818%) JIRA
8 7 (1.414%) Git (software)
9 6 (1.212%) InstallShield
9 6 (1.212%) TeamCity
10 3 (0.606%) Visual Studio Tools for Office
10 3 (0.606%) MSBuild
10 3 (0.606%) Eclipse
11 2 (0.404%) Jenkins
11 2 (0.404%) Rhino Mocks
11 2 (0.404%) JSUnit
11 2 (0.404%) Atlassian Bamboo
11 2 (0.404%) NCover
11 2 (0.404%) MSTest
12 1 (0.202%) Mercurial
General
1 147 (29.70%) Finance
2 89 (17.98%) Banking
3 76 (15.35%) Front Office
4 38 (7.677%) Investment Banking
5 21 (4.242%) Telecoms
6 10 (2.020%) Back Office
6 10 (2.020%) Manufacturing
7 8 (1.616%) Law
7 8 (1.616%) Retail
8 5 (1.010%) Publishing
9 4 (0.808%) Financial Institution
10 3 (0.606%) Marketing
11 2 (0.404%) Games
11 2 (0.404%) Local Government
12 1 (0.202%) Pharmaceutical
12 1 (0.202%) Electronics
12 1 (0.202%) Legal
12 1 (0.202%) Aerospace
12 1 (0.202%) Automotive
12 1 (0.202%) Advertising
Job Titles
1 426 (86.06%) Developer
2 253 (51.11%) C# Developer
3 152 (30.71%) .NET Developer
4 80 (16.16%) C# .NET Developer
5 68 (13.74%) Senior Developer
6 53 (10.71%) Senior C# Developer
7 40 (8.081%) WinForms Developer
8 37 (7.475%) Web Developer
9 35 (7.071%) WPF Developer
10 32 (6.465%) Software Engineer
11 26 (5.253%) Software Developer
12 25 (5.051%) ASP.NET Developer
13 20 (4.040%) VB.NET Developer
14 19 (3.838%) Programmer
14 19 (3.838%) SQL Developer
15 17 (3.434%) Lead Developer
16 16 (3.232%) C# ASP.NET Developer
17 15 (3.030%) Senior .NET Developer
17 15 (3.030%) Lead C# Developer
18 13 (2.626%) Agile C# Developer
Miscellaneous
1 59 (11.92%) Derivative
2 57 (11.52%) Fixed Income
3 39 (7.879%) Foreign Exchange (FX)
4 21 (4.242%) N-Tier
5 20 (4.040%) Computer Science
6 16 (3.232%) Equities
7 11 (2.222%) Hedge funds
8 9 (1.818%) Enterprise Software
9 8 (1.616%) Client/Server
10 5 (1.010%) Mobile App
10 5 (1.010%) Tandem
10 5 (1.010%) Grid Computing
11 4 (0.808%) Credit Derivative
11 4 (0.808%) NHS
11 4 (0.808%) Visualisation
12 3 (0.606%) Mathematics
13 2 (0.404%) EPoS
13 2 (0.404%) Physics
13 2 (0.404%) Equity Derivative
13 2 (0.404%) Open Source
Operating Systems
1 192 (38.79%) Windows
2 28 (5.657%) Windows Server 2003
3 12 (2.424%) Linux
4 7 (1.414%) Windows Mobile
4 7 (1.414%) UNIX
5 6 (1.212%) Windows Server 2008
6 2 (0.404%) Windows 8
6 2 (0.404%) Windows 7
7 1 (0.202%) Android
7 1 (0.202%) Apple iOS
7 1 (0.202%) Mac OS X
7 1 (0.202%) Windows 2000
7 1 (0.202%) Windows XP
Processes & Methodologies
1 139 (28.08%) Multithreading
2 118 (23.84%) OO
3 61 (12.32%) TDD
4 51 (10.30%) Agile Software Development
5 36 (7.273%) Electronic Trading
6 34 (6.869%) Workflow
6 34 (6.869%) MVC
7 30 (6.061%) OOD
8 26 (5.253%) Unit Testing
9 24 (4.848%) Scrum
10 23 (4.646%) MVVM
10 23 (4.646%) E-Commerce
10 23 (4.646%) OOP
11 22 (4.444%) UML
11 22 (4.444%) Asset Management
12 21 (4.242%) Web Development
13 18 (3.636%) Migration
14 14 (2.828%) Software Engineering
15 10 (2.020%) CRM
15 10 (2.020%) Configuration Management
Programming Languages
1 443 (89.49%) C#
2 237 (47.88%) SQL
3 102 (20.61%) VB.NET
4 74 (14.95%) JavaScript
5 57 (11.52%) T-SQL
6 54 (10.91%) VB
7 46 (9.293%) Java
8 34 (6.869%) PL/SQL
9 27 (5.455%) C++
10 22 (4.444%) VB6
11 20 (4.040%) VBScript
11 20 (4.040%) VBA
12 8 (1.616%) Python
13 6 (1.212%) C
14 5 (1.010%) Perl
14 5 (1.010%) XAML
15 3 (0.606%) PHP
16 2 (0.404%) Ruby
16 2 (0.404%) VC++
16 2 (0.404%) MATLAB
Qualifications
1 43 (8.687%) Degree
2 23 (4.646%) Security Cleared
3 16 (3.232%) SC Cleared
4 8 (1.616%) DV Cleared
5 5 (1.010%) MCTS
5 5 (1.010%) Microsoft Certification
5 5 (1.010%) MCP
5 5 (1.010%) MCAD
5 5 (1.010%) MCSD
6 2 (0.404%) HND
6 2 (0.404%) MCPD
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (0.606%) QA
System Software
1 6 (1.212%) VMware Workstation
1 6 (1.212%) Active Directory
1 6 (1.212%) VMware Infrastructure
2 2 (0.404%) Microsoft App-V
Systems Management
1 2 (0.404%) Control-M
2 1 (0.202%) WMI
2 1 (0.202%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
Vendors
1 102 (20.61%) Microsoft
2 76 (15.35%) Oracle
3 55 (11.11%) DevExpress
4 42 (8.485%) Syncfusion
5 14 (2.828%) Sybase
6 12 (2.424%) Infragistics
6 12 (2.424%) TIBCO
7 7 (1.414%) VMware
8 6 (1.212%) Serena
9 5 (1.010%) thinkFolio
9 5 (1.010%) Twitter
9 5 (1.010%) Perforce
10 4 (0.808%) Bloomberg
11 3 (0.606%) Cadis
11 3 (0.606%) Telerik
11 3 (0.606%) Open Text
12 2 (0.404%) Aquila
12 2 (0.404%) SAP
12 2 (0.404%) Citrix
12 2 (0.404%) Sun
Berkshire, Thames Valley
An industry giant based in Berkshire are looking for a strong C# Desktop Developer to join them on a contract basis.
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
I currently have a fantastic opportunity for a C# RAD developer to join a top tier Investment Bank... Key Requirements:- Strong .net experience working in a RAD environment...
Real Staffing
Rate: £550 per day
Posted: 18 May 2013
Bristol, South West
As a VB.NEt C# Developer you will be working alongside the development team updating a windows based application, working on technical specifications and meeting deadlines. Skills *VB...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
Role: .NET Developer ASP.NET, C#, MVC, MySQL, Design patterns from GANG OF FOUR, Linux - €35-65/hour Location: Remote contract with good rates of pay... NET Developer...
Vertex Solutions
Rate: £0.00 per annum
Posted: 17 May 2013
Manchester, North West
HL7, ASP.NET, .NET, VISUAL STUDIO, C#, WCF, WPF, JAVASCRIPT, JQUERY, 3 Months, Upto £350 p/day, Manchester My software services client, who work in both the private...
Computer Futures
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Essential: - 2 years C# experience Desirable skill set: - ASP.NET - Winforms - MVC - Entity Frameworks - T-SQL - HTML5 - Javascript - Jquery - Ajax - Agile - TDD - N-Unit This is an excellent...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Warwickshire, West Midlands
Essential: - 2 years C# experience Desirable skill set: - ASP.NET - Winforms - MVC - Entity Frameworks - T-SQL - HTML5 - Javascript - Jquery - Ajax - Agile - TDD - N-Unit This is an excellent...
Computer Futures
Rate: £200 - £230 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
City of London
Qualification and Experience 2+ years industry experience using the .Net Framework (Windows Forms, WPF). WPF is strongly preferred (E)... 2+ years industry experience of using the .Net framework...
Rate: MarketRate
Posted: 3 May 2013
City of London
Main Responsibilities: To create robust software, cutting edge prototyping and specification validation Testing and maintenance of systems Essential: C# .NET 4.0 Visual Studio 2012 XML ASP.NET...
Progressive Recruitment
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 16 May 2013
Bristol, Avon
Net Developers (Winforms, C# or VB.Net) required by leading finance organisation based in the heart of Bristol... Net Winforms C# or VB.Net (most apps now in...
FIRST POINT IT RESOURCING
Rate: £250 - £280 per day + extension
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 24 April 2013
City of London
C# Developer - Contract Position The Role The role would benefit an experienced developer with experience in the following technologies: Microsoft .Net 4.0, C#, SQL Server 2008 / 2010...
Orgtel
Rate: £375 - £475 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
London
c#, winforms, oracle, sql, .net 3.5, shell scripting, autosys, c#, winforms, oracle, sql, .net 3.5, shell scripting, autosys, c#, winforms, oracle, sql, .net 3.5, shell...
Harvey Nash plc
Rate: £450 - £500 per annum
Posted: 10 May 2013
London
Server-side C#, multi-threading, WCF, messaging, SQL Server, Oracle, Risk, RWA, Fixed Income, Interest Rates, Credit... Candidates need to have an extensive background in the design and...
Huxley Associates
Rate: £550 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Cambridge, East Anglia
Their software is used by thousands of organisations ranging from education, health, government departments, local authorities, and financial services through to those involved in charities and media.The...
Energize Recruitment Solutions Ltd
Posted: 25 April 2013
Bristol, South West
They appreciate this is hard to find and therefore willing to flex if someone is more experienced in one as the team are mixed, however the opportunity to...
NFP Group Ltd
Rate: £250 - £280 per day
Posted: 9 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate must have the following key skills: .Net/ ASP.Net (4.5) Winforms MVC C# Previous experience in Automated testing Previous experience in Manual testing (essential)...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Epping, South East
Junior C# Developer - Epping (Essex)- 1 - 3 months- £160 - £170 per day Hope you are well, My client is urgently looking for a C# developer with professional/commercial...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £150 - £170 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Bournemouth, Dorset
parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, WebServices, Spring framework.You’ll bejoining a small team of developers who go deep to deliver across a wide...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 per annum Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
C# RAD Developer, Equities, Investment Banking, London... Development will be C# with SQL backend. Knowledge of winforms/WPF, server side C# and SQl including stored procedures is required.....
Aston Carter
Rate: £500 - £600 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
London
I am looking for a C# Quant developer to work for a Tier 1 bank in London... You must have demonstrable experience working in a financial services institute...
Hydrogen Group
Rate: £350.00 - £400.00 per day
Posted: 17 May 2013
Bournemouth
You'll be developing applications and interfaces - both internal and 3rd parties - for insurance applications using Java Swing, JSP, Servlets, Web Services, Spring framework. You'll be joining...
Ageas 50
Rate: Up to £50,000 plus benefits
Posted: 20 May 2013
London
C# winforms, WPF, equity risk, Investment banking, London... You will have excellent knowledge of C#3.5, winforms, SQL 2005/8 ... Agile development experience is an advantage Exposure...
Aston Carter
Rate: Excellent rates
Posted: 16 May 2013
London
The ideal candidate must have the following key skills: - .Net/ ASP.Net (4.5) - Winforms - MVC - C# - Previous experience in Automated testing - Previous experience in Manual testing (essential) -...
Progressive Recruitment
Rate: £200 - £250 per day
Posted: 15 May 2013
Gloucestershire
The products run solely on standalone windows platforms with no automation testing needed... Essential Skills: Windows Testing Application/Stand Alone Testing Manual Testing Desirable Skills: Winforms SQL Windows...
Jam Recruitment Ltd
Rate: £220 - £250 per day + Negotiable
Posted: 17 May 2013